SIGNED AL-SAYYID MUHAMMAD BAHIR, PROBABLY QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH (1)276/1859-60 AD
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A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE ON THE 99 NAMES OF GOD
SIGNED AL-SAYYID MUHAMMAD BAHIR, PROBABLY QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH (1)276/1859-60 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff., each folio with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, laid down on deep blue borders, between orange, gold and white rules, colophon within triangular panel with gold and black rules signed al-sayyid Muhammad Bahir min talamidh Amin Bek Zada Mir 'Abd al-Qadir and dated, with gilt green doublures, lacking binding
Text panel 7 1/8 x 4 5/8in. (18.3 x 11.8cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 6¾in. (24 x 17.3cm.)
SIGNED AL-SAYYID MUHAMMAD BAHIR, PROBABLY QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH (1)276/1859-60 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 4ff., each folio with 7ll. of elegant black nasta'liq, laid down on deep blue borders, between orange, gold and white rules, colophon within triangular panel with gold and black rules signed al-sayyid Muhammad Bahir min talamidh Amin Bek Zada Mir 'Abd al-Qadir and dated, with gilt green doublures, lacking binding
Text panel 7 1/8 x 4 5/8in. (18.3 x 11.8cm.); folio 9 3/8 x 6¾in. (24 x 17.3cm.)
Literature
Patrick Carré, Dieux, tigres et amours. Miniatures indiennes du XVe au XXe siècle, Spain, 1993, pp. 126-127
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